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Before I continue, I would like to mention that lyrics/poems/quotes/Wordy things in a template should also be properly sourced.
This is actually a pretty good question. I would say if you can, credit the photographer. If you can't, for the life of you, figure out who it was, a simple 'photograph/gif not by me. sryican'tfindoutwhotookthephograph/videoplzdon'teatmybabies' would be okay.
... if it's already on the trainer card, then that's fine.
I know your post was before Turbos, but can I just say omfgilu? It's rare to get people actually involved in this kind of topic and I'm actually appreciating that you (and Constantine!) are legitimately curious and asking these kinds of questions - they make me think. I like thinking.
In part, the PFQ community is a fantastic one - the moderators can safely rely on users to report things that are.. fishy. A large part of what makes our job easy is having active users seeing something that looks off and report it, like Eltafez pointed out. Good little MiT, have a cookie! *toss*. That's not to say that users do half our job for us -- while they are an immense help, I know for a fact that myself and other moderators are actually incredibly diligent when it comes to doing our jobs properly.
Reports aren't anonymous, but they are confidential. After all, we often have to PM the user who reported the other for more information, just to make sure all bases are covered. If user A reports user B, User B will not know of the reports existence. Even in cases where user B has to be PM'd, everyone on staff simply opens up with
"It has come to our attention that you were being a pancake."
Or something similar.
Pancakes may or may not be involved. I'm a bit bored and trying to amuse myself
We never disclose names. Never ever. Never ever never ever ever never. Bans, by the by, are never permanent unless a user's behaviour deems it necessary to be. You'd be surprised at how many people have had their bans lifted by being a civil human being and sorting out the issue... and conversely, how a user banned for a simple incorrect date of birth (which would grant them access to the mature forums) flip their lids and wind up extending their sentence until they can behave accordingly.
QUOTE originally posted by ZeroXC
Should photographs of real people e.g musicians/random people on the street or just a picture of yourself as your avatar be credited if not taken by you?
I know this is the dumbest question.
QUOTE originally posted by Turbo
What about the Trainer Cards? They already have a link on them to the website and in a way was made by the user.
http://pokecharms.com/trainer-card-maker
QUOTE originally posted by Dracowolfie
My point wasn't: "Let's stop monitoring people and let everyone steal and cause havoc!"
My point was more what Constantine is saying: How do you moderators intend to accomplish this and monitor it all? It is such a huge task you're wanting everyone to do, and if someone doesn't comply, are you really going to take the time and search for that image's source, and ask the artist, for EACH image you are suspicious of?
I mean more that it seems like far too much very serious work on a place that is growing quickly, and often the stolen images are used for very innocent purposes. (Avatars, decoration, conversation) I haven't seen anybody on this website trying to actually sell or make a profit from stolen work.
I don't think this can be accomplished with the size of the staff, or with any size staff. It is a noble cause, but one that in many cases isn't incredibly necessary for the manpower we have on team. Image Moderators could help the issue, with their specific job being to monitor images people, but it still seems like an exceptionally busy and heavy job to go through every member on the site. (Checking through all parts of their profile, all posts that they have made, and then tracking down every suspicious image....)
QUOTE originally posted by CutePichu
You make a good point Eltafez. Are reports anonymous? However bans may be a little harsh. Perhaps a strong warning?
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